New to kronos

Ewan.hackett · Post by **Ewan.hackett** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:17 am

Hi

I've had my kronos 2 about a year. I've been a roland guy for a long time.
I need to find out how to get the best out of this bad boy.
I seem to get stuck at every corner.
How to download new sounds and where from, and how to save them and where they're stored.
Is Korg shop always slow. I try to load and browse on my iPad but it very rarely gets to the home screen
Building combis
And how the heck does karma work.
So if there are any threads for newbies that people could point me to Id really appreciate it.

Cheers.

GregC · Post by **GregC** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:16 am

Ewan.hackett wrote:Hi

I've had my kronos 2 about a year. I've been a roland guy for a long time.
I need to find out how to get the best out of this bad boy.
I seem to get stuck at every corner.

Cheers.

Impressive . The Kronos 2 is not available until February 2015.

And you have had it about a year.

Must be because you are a Roland guy

Ewan.hackett · Post by **Ewan.hackett** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:22 am

Sorry - you're right - that would have been impressive
Anyway - it is a kronos -

It has been badly neglected and I've done very little with it and would love to do more - a little lost on where to start!

GregC · Post by **GregC** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:28 am

Ewan.hackett wrote:Sorry - you're right - that would have been impressive
Anyway - it is a kronos -

It has been badly neglected and I've done very little with it and would love to do more - a little lost on where to start!

I think the Kronos training videos (6 of them I think ) at the Korg site are a great place to start

Take small bites of the elephant is my advice

Niarf · Post by **Niarf** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:07 pm

There is a lot Kronos resources you can find with google. Also check links porvided by users on this ofrum in their signatures. You can go to Kronoscopie.fr section Sons & Outils > Banques gratuites.

The korg shop may be slow due to sounds recently released, a lot of people is downloading at the same time...

On karma lab you have have some tutos about using kamra and building combis. The Kronos manual also provides some basics starting points.

Try this sticky thread :

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=83231

Use the search button on this forum, I used it a lot because I was lost too when I got my Kronos, even if I had a Korg X3, there are similitudes but... Wow, it's hard =) With this button, I didn't have to ask questions here ^^

Do not hesitate to ask if you're completly lost, this forum was made for that :p

CyA

Bertotti · Post by **Bertotti** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:03 pm

Well you have a start at least. Kronos was my first synth and the guys here strongly suggested a simpler first synth was probably in order, you are at least familiar with synths in general. That means you have to learn the Korg way. Korg's manuals are indispensable. Start with the quick start guide. I had problems with even that but keep in mind as you work through it have the operators guide and the parameters guide close by, they all build on each other. I tried to power read all of them but that was to much to fast. I did start with the quick start then used the others for reference as I went through. I suggest learning how to use the help button it is like having the manuals right on the Kronos, get stuck in an area and hit the help. Also for me the loading and moving of sounds and such was and is still a bit confusing since I do not do it often. It is all in there and there is a lot of info here look at the pinned topic above for links to other thread and discussions.

last suggestion once you get your files sorted out, loading finding etc.. pick one synths in the Kronos and work with it then when you get comfortable move on to the next. After I played around with them for a bit I tried making a combi, that was a trial in frustration at first but quickly with the help here and the manuals worked out. Good luck!

techeverlasting · Post by **techeverlasting** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:08 pm

All the resources mentioned here are invaluable.

It can be very intimidating starting to work with a machine as complex and powerful as the Kronos. Another way to approach learning the instrument is to stop thinking about how much there is to learn, and instead focus on simple, specific things you want to do and figure those out one at a time.

For example - You want to duplicate a comping sound from a dance track. Then you want to figure out how to open and close the filter from a slider. Then you want to add resonance control to another slider. Then you want to have an arpeggiator on that sound. etc etc

In other words, let your goals set your curriculum. You might not learn the whole Kronos, but you'll master the things that you want it to do quickly.

Bertotti · Post by **Bertotti** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:16 pm

Oh and lets not forget Qui's tutorials, I learned a lot from them!

jeremykeys · Post by **jeremykeys** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:29 pm

I recommend just sitting down and playing it for a few days first. It's nothing at all like a Roland of any kind and I've used a few.

Another thing to do is figure out just what you want to do with your beast. Are you playing live in a band? Just playihg at home? Recording?

I use it for all these things and more but sometimes I find the most satisfying thing is to just sit down in my home studio and play it.

Godd luck and welcome to the forum!

Jeremykeys

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